Analog Decline

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Analog Decline Album Information

Analog Decline shows the maturity that developed as the band formally known as Ugly Stick transitioned into The Stand In (Released: October 14, 2003).

Analog Decline Song Lyrics

73 Beats Per Minute

VERSE 1
And if we wished on millions of hollowed point good-byes
Do you think we could make it home tonight?
Heart in hand your lungs in mine
I would steal your breath across state lines

PRE-CHORUS
Distance collapse at the thought of holding on
To someone who is holding on to you
From events that just conspired with someone
Who is holding on to you

CHORUS
Fight all your life waiting for a moment
To complete your soul
And tonight I’m not going to let you go

VERSE 2
Reverse the speed a heart beats until you see
What you mean to me you’re everything
Reverse the apertures before our hearts explode
You’re everything

REPEAT PRE-CHORUSREPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Smoke stacks relapse everything you are is what I need
Smoke stacks relapse everything you are is what I need

REPEAT CHORUS

Last Transmission

VERSE 1
Radio signals you used to send to me
From your transmitter across the way
But how was i so naive to think
When these post marks date dismay?
Your so far away and I’m standing in this rain

CHORUS
I wish I saved your last transmission
So I could hear you breathing
I wish I saved your last transmission
So I could hear you breathing

VERSE 2
And it goes, on and on and on
With no resolution to the ones you’ve lost
The ones that used to breathe and bleed
Passion for your needs
Your so far away and I’m standing in this rain

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
And I know breathe slow
I won’t let you go, let you go

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

Miss You In Stereo

VERSE 1
These satellites collide while burning out my eyes
And your lips they go on like I don’t exist
We’re breaking ground here and keeping spaces clear
For you and for me
For you and for me

CHORUS
This is the way I’m letting you know
This is the way I miss you in stereo
This is the way I’m letting you go
This is the way I miss you in stereo

VERSE 2
Another death by motion, six days til the final closing
And your lips they go on like I don’t exist
We’re breaking ground here and keeping spaces clear
For you and for me
For you and for me

BRIDGE
Let’s not slow this down
Let’s just walk around
Like we used to
Like we used to

REPEAT CHORUS

Boot Chick

VERSE 1
Leave the records outside my room
And I’ll listen to them real soon
As stars have aligned on this night
I’m trying to forget you
But you know no one could ever take your place
They never wanted us to
So you can sleep in the finest dreams
Just wake me when we’re through

VERSE 2
I know these seasons have left you feeling cold
Now that you’re all alone
I drive by your house every night
To make sure you’re still at home
And I made my mind up all by myself
To let it you, let you go
The melodies have seemed to change
The harmonies remain

BRIDGE
Catching snow flakes, you’re breaking these hearts
You have no idea
Cancelling plans, you’re ruining the best parts
I have some idea
What do you mean, you want me to go away?
You have no idea
Can’t you see you mean the most to me
I have some idea

Five On Snodgrass

VERSE 1
These nights and these fights fall just short of your lips
From the lovers that you lost through your finger tips
And you dance while I choke and gasp for air deprived of me
And I miss this, I miss it, I miss you honestly

CHORUS
Don’t tell me that it’s through
I swear, I swear, I swear I already knew
We never watched these sun sets
Cause you forecast rain until i drown

VERSE 2
My hands are ripped to shreds from dialing inconsistent
I still know what you meant when you said we need distance
And oh the chords unwind to find the strings that bind
You’ve cut them all too close

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
I wrote these words a thousand times
To you from here
And wished on every single one
That you still cared
It’s cold where you come from
But it’s warm wherever you go
It’s cold where you come from
But it’s warm wherever you go so

REPEAT CHORUS

Broken Pinkies

VERSE 1
We all sit on roof tops at one point in our life
And think about our only loves
As we gasp at the thought of splatters on the concrete
And mistakes we’re making with our hearts

PRE-CHORUS 1
And there it was facing towards the heavens
With an answer to all of the above
Here I am racing towards collision
With an answer not from the above

CHORUS
If this is anything you haven’t felt for me
Please say it’s over
And if I’m anything that I’m not supposed to be
Please say it’s over

VERSE 2
In this room we were one
Fifteen after twelve I pinkie swore and it was February 6th
I’d show you my collection of broken pinkies
But I don’t think lovers should twitch

PRE-CHORUS 2
Just let me feel your breath against my lips
Why must everything be so uncertain?
As you draw up your conclusions anesthesia knife impales
My heart’s never been ready for expulsion

REPEAT CHORUS

If there’s anything you want from me
But haven’t got the words to say
I’m willing to forgive everything

If it’s anything you haven’t felt for me
Please say it’s over, it’s over
And if I’m anything that I’m not supposed to be
Please say it’s over, it’s over

If it’s anything, it’s over
If it’s anything, it’s over

It’s over

Dreams Fall Away

VERSE
In blue light you wage a match for a stare
I wanted this more than you know
Dreams get occupied for days
How can silence hurt so much?
I wanted this more than you know

CHORUS
Don’t let the dreams die and fall away
Don’t let the dreams die and fall away
Hollow like your breath I designed blueprints for days
Mapped out the coordinates to where dreams fall away

REPEAT VERSEREPEAT CHORUS

The Reason

VERSE 1
Tonight, we’ll sit and watch this world dance
Through passive interference
Afraid to fire back with a cause
Effects of being lame
While the East Ohio river burns
Emotion feels so plain

CHORUS 1
So you said you had a brand new way to cut it off
And I am not at fault

VERSE 2
A thousand martyrs come, while thousands more will go
Empty handed, we’re brought up fast
And all raised too slow
Who will help me make
This brand new recipe?
To save this world from humanity

CHORUS 2
So you said you had a brand new way to cut it off
And I am not at fault
Calendars aren’t meant to hold this many days feeling sad
Why are you so mad?

REPEAT CHORUS 2

No Stars Left In New Jersey

VERSE 1
I thought we’d change these sky lines
By letting go of stars and broken bonds
I thought we’d change these sky lines
By letting go of stars and broken bonds

PRE-CHORUS
So throw in all your details we’ll set them all ablaze
Trajectories are broken but they still seem to amaze
That you’re a human being but where’s your beating heart
We’re stocking up on clouds while we’re running out of stars

CHORUS
There’s no stars
There’s no stars left

VERSE 2
If I told you I was dying from repeated shots to the heart
Would you even care at all?
If I told you I was dying from a lack of fucking stars
Would you even care?

REPEAT PRE-CHORUSREPEAT CHORUS

OUTRO
Your decision caused competition
You let it all just slip away
And your decision caused competition
You let it all just slip away

I know what we’re not
I know what we’re not
I know What we’re not

We dream in color
To forget light
Sometimes I forget tonight

If I've Shaven

VERSE 1
I trace these road maps to northeast civilizations
I burned down in my sleep
With photographs I must detach myself
From your shell

CHORUS 1
So you and me can finally see
The thin lines between humor and tragedies
I signaled a spark with objective sincere
Please blink twice if you hear

VERSE 2
AM/FM converse combine
If i wanted this much static I’d disconnect the line
And watch your signals fall somewhere in New York
Far enough from you but missing was the worst

CHORUS 2
And oh a sight I’d finally see
Pinpoint the romance and shattered window schemes
Throw your heart it falls or it flies
and if I’ve shaven I’ve gone to Maine to die